I have honduran red points in my 3 foot tank - they bred in around 3 weeks after being added so yes they breed easy. I keep mine with 2 small plecs and 3 stripped headstanders (juvies) - Ive also had ruby barbs in with them which did well but i swapped them with a friend. I think they will mix with most fish around 2.5-3.5 inch size - other tank mate ideas I have had are giant danios or swordtails - a lot of people keep HRPs with swordtails. Also thought about golden panchax and heard good things about larger tetras like black widows or von rio. A bit unsure how they would mix with smaller fish like small tetras or danio though as long as they are fast they will be fine - they chase away from fry but not exterminate like cons or jewels.
They are usually £5-£12 each. Pic in my display pic - males get to about 4 inch females stay on average 2.8 inch. Better colours than regular cons (on average) lot more red in the males fins and a brighter blues all over. A good indicator for true blood HRPs is that the third stripe from the nose is "broken" but regular cons sometimes have this.
An other issue with HRP is how true their blood like is like most convict relatives it will cross breed with similar fish so you often get "electric blue convicts" which is con x HRP and these have a reputation of being mental - even more agressive than the common convict these are usually bigger than HRPs as well. They also sometimes have line bred traits like long finnage or rough edges to the tails rather than the "paddle tail"
In a three foot tank you could only keep the rams with apistos or other dwarfs. But anything kribs, con or jewel cichlid size should only be kept 1 pair max per tank. I was in a really similar position to you about a month ago when I wanted to keep my HRPs with an other cichlid in my tank people advised against it here and after my own reading as well there really is just no way to justify it, its just far to risky and so many complications can arise as a result.
They are usually £5-£12 each. Pic in my display pic - males get to about 4 inch females stay on average 2.8 inch. Better colours than regular cons (on average) lot more red in the males fins and a brighter blues all over. A good indicator for true blood HRPs is that the third stripe from the nose is "broken" but regular cons sometimes have this.
An other issue with HRP is how true their blood like is like most convict relatives it will cross breed with similar fish so you often get "electric blue convicts" which is con x HRP and these have a reputation of being mental - even more agressive than the common convict these are usually bigger than HRPs as well. They also sometimes have line bred traits like long finnage or rough edges to the tails rather than the "paddle tail"
In a three foot tank you could only keep the rams with apistos or other dwarfs. But anything kribs, con or jewel cichlid size should only be kept 1 pair max per tank. I was in a really similar position to you about a month ago when I wanted to keep my HRPs with an other cichlid in my tank people advised against it here and after my own reading as well there really is just no way to justify it, its just far to risky and so many complications can arise as a result.
Infact a adult Male Convict could destroy pretty much any of the commonly available new world cichlids.
. So i will pst in the Africans section and see what i get. If i do happen to get HRPs, can i still keep the kribs with them?? Or species only?
